Sunburn

What is Sunburn?

Sunburn is a reaction to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The top layers of your skin release chemicals that cause your blood vessels to expand and leak fluids, causing inflammation, pain and redness.

Without protection, UV radiation (both UVA and UVB) will immediately start to penetrate deep into the layers of your skin, damaging the skin's cells.

Skin turns red within two to six hours of being burnt. It will continue to develop for the next 24 to 72 hours.

UVA radiation

UVA radiation penetrates deep into the skin, affecting the living skin cells that lie under your skin's surface. UVA causes long-term damage like wrinkles, blotchiness, sagging and discoloration, and also contributes to skin cancer.

UVB radiation

UVB radiation penetrates the top layer of skin and is the main cause of skin tanning and sunburn.

Peeling

Damaged skin cells self-destruct and peel off in tatty sheets. It is the body's way of getting rid of damaged skin cells that might develop into cancers.

How does Emu Oil help?

Emu Oil can be an effective treatment for sunburn because of its anti-inflammatory qualities. Emu Oil can help ease the pain associated with sunburn, while reducing redness and infection. Emu Oil effectively penetrates the skin due to its compound structure (it is very similar to normal skin structure), and is considered to be both hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic, which explains why Emu Oil has such an extremely low irritation rate and doesn’t clog pores. Laboratory testing has shown Emu Oil to have the same degree of irritability as water when applied to the skin. Furthermore, Emu Oil is also bacteriostatic, meaning that it does not promote the growth of bacteria. These factors help restore and/or repair the skin and helps bring moisture to extremely dry and damaged skin.